Results 2,381-2,400 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte

Leaders' Questions. (1 Feb 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: According to The Irish Times, "The new system, which will be implemented by the National Roads Authority (NRA), will mean that the entire road will be tolled, with toll charges based on the amount of the route used". Is the Taoiseach saying that the two journalists involved made up the story? Is he saying that it came out of nowhere and denying the veracity of the articles? I wish to quote...

Leaders' Questions. (1 Feb 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach has disowned two reputable journalists, the NRA and the Civil Service, and then he tells me the Government position. Why is this procurement process necessary if the toll plaza on the bridge is simply being reinstated? It is private property. The Government must be going through the procurement process because it is erecting these gantries along the M50 that the Minister for...

Leaders' Questions. (1 Feb 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: That is a complete red herring.

Official Travel. (1 Feb 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his recent visit to Croatia. [37657/05]

Official Travel. (1 Feb 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach the official visits abroad he plans to make in the first six months of 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40400/05]

Official Travel. (1 Feb 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 13: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of his recent visit to India. [2159/06]

Official Travel. (1 Feb 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 14: To ask the Taoiseach the matters discussed and conclusions reached at his meeting with political leaders in India; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2160/06]

Official Travel. (1 Feb 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach is reported to have been involved in discussions about UN reform. Did he offer support for India's membership of the Security Council? Did the matter arise at all? The trade and economic implications of the visit certainly seem to have been successful. What value will derive to this State in tangible terms as a result of the visit? What response does the Taoiseach have to the...

Order of Business. (1 Feb 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The chief executive of Bord na gCon was sacked after he brought the attention of the Minister to doping practices in the greyhound industry. The Minister asked the man who sacked him to inquire into the matter and he was then forced to change his mind. Will the Taoiseach state what exactly is going on in Bord na gCon? I have on very many occasions brought the attention of the Minister to the...

Order of Business. (1 Feb 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Second, is the Taoiseach encountering road blocks in reshuffling the Ministers of State? Is the Minister of State at the Department of Education and Science, Deputy de Valera, refusing to hand in her badge or is the Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Deputy Gallagher, refusing to be transferred? Can we give the Taoiseach any help on it?

Order of Business. (1 Feb 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: It is a concern that there is no Minister for freeflow around the city. There seems to be no move in the direction of appointing a new Minister of State. If we can be helpful, we will.

Order of Business. (1 Feb 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: We are not against it on the M50.

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (1 Feb 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 149: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason for the long delay in publishing legislation on the privatisation of speed cameras. [3112/06]

Written Answers — Port Development: Port Development (1 Feb 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 166: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on future strategy for Dublin Port; if the recent policy announcement by the Progressive Democrats of the removal of Dublin Port is official Government policy; his plans for the looming deficit in capacity at Irish ports; the position regarding the development of the new Bremore Port and the impact this will have on jobs and...

Order of Business. (2 Feb 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I know the Tánaiste has her hands full trying to clean up the mess left by her predecessor, surely the most useless Minister for Health since 1922. However, has she found time or the opportunity to find out whether the Minister for Transport was on a frolic of his own last weekend or is there any basis in reality for the announcements he made? Given that she represents the area, has she had...

Order of Business. (2 Feb 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Has the Tánaiste intervened in the extraordinary stories that are circulating regularly about what is going on in Bord na gCon? Every day there is a new piece of anonymous literature concerning matters that are allegedly taking place in that organisation. I have been in correspondence for more than a year with the Minister over his reappointment of a director who was disqualified from acting...

Order of Business. (2 Feb 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister also appointed the chairman initially to inquire into why the chief executive was sacked by the chairman. There are reasons to be concerned——

Order of Business. (2 Feb 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister must be joking.

Order of Business. (2 Feb 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: He was yours.

Order of Business. (2 Feb 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: On top of the Minister, the tailor's dummy from Cork was sponsored by Owen O'Callaghan.